# Recife

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹɪˈsiːfi/ · frequency rank #43,330

## Definitions
1. A municipality, the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Recife, from recife (“reef”).

## Easily confused with
- **rife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-rife)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-regime)
- **recipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-recipe)
- **retire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-retire)
- **revive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-revive)
- **reside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-reside)
- **revise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-revise)
- **recite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-recite)
- **refine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-refine)
- **relive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-relive)
- **rectify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recife-vs-rectify)
- **Racine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racine-vs-recife)
- **recede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-recife)
- **receive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receive-vs-recife)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ercife`, `rceife`, `reccife`, `recfie`, `recief`, `reciffe`, `reicfe`, `rrecife`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/recife